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Any breach of this order is a ‘Contempt of Court’ which is a crime punishable by up to two years in prison and an unlimited fine, reports the Mirror .

The High Court injunction put in place by Judge, Elizabeth Butler-Sloss for Venables and Thompson lists that: “any depiction, image in any form, photograph, film or voice recording made or taken on or after 18 February 1993, which purports to be of Jon Venables or Robert Thompson or any description which purports to be of their physical appearance, voices or accents at any time since that date” is in breach of the order.

This means you can face a conviction for even claiming a photo is of either Thompson or Venables.

Furthermore the injunction includes that in the event of either of the claimants adopting a new name, “any information purporting to identify any person as having formerly been known as the Claimants; or any information purporting to describe the past present or future whereabouts, including alleged residential or work addresses and telephone numbers” is banned.

A breach has also been made if “the establishments at which either of the Claimants has been held on detention during Her Majesty’s pleasure are released earlier than 12 months after the date announced by the Secretary of State for the Home Department as the date by which both Claimants have been released on licence.”

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And last year the Attorney General launched an investigation into claims people were sharing pictures of Jon Venables online.

Steve Kuncewicz, partner at law firm BLM, who specialises in media law and social media law said: “When Jon Venables and Robert Thompson were sentenced, the judge imposed a very rare, worldwide injunction to prevent anyone publishing anything that might reveal their new identities.

“People can get swept up in a discussion, share these messages and not fully realise they are committing an offence.

“But you don’t have to intend to break the law to do it.

“The worry is posting the images could cause someone to try and track the killers down.

“The whole idea of the law is to try and stop trial by media.

“Some people may think that if enough people share these images, that might stop the spotlight from being put on them, but that is not the case.

“The only thing that is needed is a printout showing this information has been shared, and that could become evidence in a court room.

“It leaves a permanent footprint.

“The old saying says ‘act in haste, repent at leisure’ and that couldn’t be truer in this case.

“Breaking the order could lead to two years in prison and an unlimited fine."

But users across social media, including the Mirror's own Facebook page, are determined to spread the images despite the risks.

Users say it's in the public interest and are now offering to share the pictures in private messages.

Venables, 35, was jailed for 40 months on February 7 for having more than 1,000 indecent images of children and a "paedophile manual".

The conviction sparked calls for him to be stripped of his anonymity.

A court sketch of the trial of Venables and Thompson. (Image: ITV) (Image: (Image: ITV))